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Publication Date: 2023
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An Analysis of Diffusion of Teacher-Curated Resources on Pinterest
Karimi, Hamid; Knake, Kaitlin Torphy; Frank, Kenneth A.
International Educational Data Mining Society, Paper presented at the International Conference on Educational Data Mining (EDM) (16th, Bengaluru, India, Jul 11-14, 2023)
Teachers increasingly rely on online social media platforms to supplement their educational resources, greatly influencing PK-12 education through the swift and extensive diffusion of teacher-curated resources. Understanding this diffusion process is crucial, but current educational studies primarily report resource diffusion through small-scale analyses, such as teacher interviews or anecdotal accounts. To bridge this gap, we conduct a pioneering, large-scale, quantitative, and data-driven analysis of the diffusion of teacher-curated resources on Pinterest, a platform widely embraced by educators. Our study begins by defining a resource's diffusion tree, which encapsulates the cascade of resource sharing across the social network. Based on this diffusion tree, we identify three measures to characterize a resource's diffusion process: volume, virality, and velocity. Equipped with these three measures, we conduct an in-depth analysis of the diffusion of over one million resources curated by thousands of teachers on Pinterest. Our investigation concludes by examining the correlation between a resource's attributes and its curator's attributes and the diffusion of the resource. [For the complete proceedings, see ED630829.]
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Early Childhood Teachers, Elementary School Teachers, Secondary School Teachers, Educational Resources, Social Media, Selection, Sharing Behavior, Information Dissemination, Shared Resources and Services
International Educational Data Mining Society. e-mail: admin@educationaldatamining.org; Web site: https://educationaldatamining.org/conferences/
Publication Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers; Reports - Research
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Preschool Education; Elementary Education; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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